Early Eastern Hadrian Denarius - Coin Community Forum

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maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2099 Posts	Posted 09/25/2022 06:02 am I just had to share this new purchase. As some of you know I like Roman Imperials but with a strong leaning to the Eastern mints when it comes to denarii. This coin comes from the first eastern issue of Hadrian from Antioch (or Tyre?) mint. Struck August-December AD 117. It celebrates his adoption by Trajan which was made public just before Trajan died. It is quite an attractive denarius despite areas of legend being slightly off flan. The style is distinctly eastern and quite different in style to the same type from Rome. Obv:- IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO OPT AVG GER DAC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front Rev:- PARTHIC DIVI TRAIAN AVG F P M TR P COS P P, Trajan and Hadrian standing vis-à-vis, clasping right hands and each holding a volumen in left; ADOPTIO in exergue. References:- RIC II.3 2959; RPC p. 449; RSC 4d; McAlee p. 217; Butcher p. 97, fig. 30, 13 (same dies?); RIC II -; BMCRE 1021 Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 09/25/2022 10:48 am It seems that the die cutters employed at the Mint where this coin was struck had yet to receive their plaster bust copy of the new Caesar and therefore had to make some sort of guess at what Hadrian actually looked like, or, (perhaps more likely), the copy bust had not yet been received, but the die cutter had some visual memory of Hadrian after a recent visit by him to the area. Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 09/26/2022 09:02 am That's such a cool looking portrait Martin. I'd not seen this eastern mint type for Hadrian before so thanks for posting...Paul Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 09/26/2022 11:04 am The nuances of collecting are almost never ending. The style of the portraits is another aspect that I didn't much pay attention to as I was more worried about filling the holes in my collection. Now that most (still a lot more) are filled, this is something I might look in to. Thanks for sharing. Report this Post to the Staff
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